But where do you get your protein?

I really thought this video was great because is show that it's cool to actually (as a guy too) do the work and spend some time in the kitchen making some food that is good for you. Gone are the days when the woman cooks up a dead carcass for you to eat when you get home from work. Thank God too. :)


http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120122116182915297.html?mod=hps_us_inside_today



Just the other day I was at a dinner and all my friends (and some people who I had just met) were eating chicken, stuffing and were asking me about my diet. I brought a salad, with no dressing. I love it that way.

It's funny how brainwashed we are. First question they ask always is, "So where do you get your protein?" It's so funny, nobody even asks WHY that question is even important. Or nobody asks why it's even a viable question to put on the table. But wait a minute, I learned that from Men's Fitness so it must be true. Amazing. I feel like telling these people that protein isn't as important as you might think. Or I feel like telling them "oh I get it from E3 Live, Spirulina, Chlorella, Wheat grass, Hemp Seed Powder etc." But hell they don't know what that is! So I usually just say "I get it from nuts and seeds." Even though those are more a source of fat and not protein. So that usually gets them off my back.

For the most part I don't like talking about it and am really shy about it. I mean if somebody is genuine and really wants to talk about it, I'd be stoked. But mostly they just regurgitate what they hear from their trainers and aren't really interested in learning. So in that case, I just give them something that will keep em quiet so we can talk about something else.



Not only can we get all the protein we need from leafy greens and the foods mentioned above we can get more than we need and in the available form we need it in. I've actually never been strong in my whole life. In my 10 years of working out I'm stronger than ever but 5 pounds lighter. Go figure.

So in my research and experience, the whole fixation on all this necessary animal and dairy protein is a total myth. We can't keep eating processed, civilized, western death food. If we want something different than what the other guy has (personally I've seen enough people with heart disease and cancer thank you very much) we have to do something different everyday. Maybe even 3 times a day. :)

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Starting a Garden

I've been dreaming lately about starting a garden. There is a little side of me that wants to be totally off the grid. It's funny I live in sort of two different worlds. In one world I want to be as productive as possible and live/function in society like any normal person. And another part of me just wants to have my little plot of land and live off of it. So at some point I'm going to have to stop dreaming and hybridize the two. I found this video and thought it was fascinating what this guy was able to do on relatively little land area. I thought we should all be doing this. Check out his site here



Anthony over at RawModel.com is going to be doing an eco project that I think involves doing a lot of this. One day I know I'm going to have a big plot of land and grow most if not all my food off of it. It's going to be amazing. And I know exactly where this plot of land is too. It's right by the beach. :)

Imagine not having to go to the store to get fruit or veggies! Wake up and have no fruit for your green smoothie that morning? Forget going to the supermarket and standing in line, spending money on fruits. Stuff that! Just walk out your backyard, pick a few things and get right back to your vitamix. Ahh the good life. One day it will happen...

Here are some good websites to know about:
http://www.squarefootgardening.com/index.php/Video/
http://earthbox.com/
http://www.victoryvegetablegardens.com/

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We are the world...




http://youtube.com/watch?v=XPCOGSnjP5w
(Dr. Weston Prices Video)


Remember that song from the 80's and how inspirational it was? I remember that. Those were the days! You had Bono there, Sting etc, all singin about how the kids are our future. Which is true. But the other month I ran across this video that remains in my subconscious because of A) how powerful it is and B) what its implications are. The video talks about Weston Price and his studies on teeth. And how our diet affects the type of offspring we have. Our diet affects literally how our bones are formed and how are teeth are formed. It's really quite amazing. The implication is that if somebody has a susceptibility to cavities (thin layers of dentin around the teeth) this can be genetic. Meaning that the mother can by her diet pass that on to her kids by the level of genes that she passes on at the time of conception. WOW. And this is passed on by how she feeds her kids.

So what this can mean is how we eat now is going to have an impact on how future generations turn out. Low minerals, high sugar has the possibility to produce kids that have weak immune systems, childhood diseases etc. So in essence each generation is or can become weaker and weaker. This is manifested in how close are teeth are together, our body types, bone density and more. Amazing.

So many times we get caught up in how are diets are affecting our own health. But we forget that we need to eat this way for a sustainable future for the planet as well as for our kids and family. Our diet and the foods we eat affect way more than just if we feel good or not. It's much broader than that.

Just think of the possibilities. Imagine a culture of people that not only raised their kids raw but actually took the time to do some cleansing and really cleaned themselves out and ate the best raw organic superfoods to prepare for a pregnancy? Imagine what types of kids and future generations that would produce. Think about it. Now that sheds a little more light on focusing so much on ourselves. We can eat to create a more powerful generation that comes after us.

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Milk It Does A Body Good?











Here is my milk. Looks just like milk doesn't it? I love putting things into containers that mimick the ones we are used to. I'm sure the platic leaches into my body. And I don't think Masaru Emoto would be proud. His work showed that the molecules in water can actually change by speaking to water, praying over it or even writing messages on the side of your glass. Now that is amazing! But I think it looks cool and one day I'll have it in glass or something. :) Maybe I'll put them in bottles like in Leave it to Beaver. But the above photo is just almond milk mixed with coconut water. Soooo good!




There is a great website called. http://www.notmilk.com/ and it's all about how HORRIBLE dairy products are for you. I love it and feel so much better for giving up all dairy. However I must admit I have a similar story to my hero David Wolfe on this. It was the milk that triggered my need to change my diet. It took years of trying to change and reading Fit for Life. But when I was having problems with milk I KNEW I needed to change something in my diet! So big ups to MILK! :) Hey sometimes it takes the worst things to show us we need change!

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Inspirational Video...



I thought I would post this video as I really enjoyed it. It really has nothing whatsoever to do with raw food. But in a way it does. I'm a christian so something like this really resonates with me. Although I'm not a very "hard core" christian. But that's neither here nor there.

I think what we're all trying to do with raw foods is 2 things. On the more immediate front we are trying to accomplish some short term goals. They might be anything from losing weight, getting rid of food allergies, trying to overcome or prevent certain diseases, gain more clarity etc.

But then I think we lose sight of the bigger picture. Those are all fine and great but what we are trying to do in a much larger sense is to actually transform ourselves. As David Wolfe would say "become superheros" or to gain our "powers" back. Or in a religious sense to accoplish the will of God here with our lives on earth. We are changing our entire way of looking at the world. We are not our food. Sometimes we get obsessed with FOOD. We are eating this way so we can be healthy enough to fulfil why we are on this planet. Our mission.

Are we doing only what we love with our lives?

And in this way raw food marries very nicely with religion, sprirituality, consciousness etc. I think we all have a higher calling and after watching this video it reminded me that we are here for a much larger purpose and there are people who have much more to bear than we do. We complain if it takes us 20 minutes to make a smoothie!

So I think that we need a broader picture of what we are doing with our lives. We are not our fears, we are not our frustrations, we are not our desire to be raw foodists. It's much more than that. So all that to say I thought this video was really great and inspirational. I hope you like it!

Let me know your thoughts!


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Brian Clemente of the Hippocrates Health Institute...



This is a great lecture. This guy is amazing. I highly recommend taking the time to watch this video clip. He as many many good things to say. I think it would be very wise for all of us to really take to heart our mission on earth and finding out what that is so that we can find and live in a more joyous and fulfiling way. Here is his website. It was featured on the crazy sexy cancer dvd as well.

http://www.hippocratesinst.org/

If for some reason you can't view it click here

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Making an Ormus Blender




I'm still in the dark a little bit about what exactly Ormus is. But I believe it's some sort of polysacharide that is present in some selected highly charged raw foods. But after watching this video I went to the store and actually bought some magnetic tape strips and put 4 of them on the outside of my blender. So I'll put my bet on the fact that it actually works. I notice no effect but heck if it works, then it's good for me. :)

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Oxygen Therapy

I’ve recently been getting more and more interested in really getting into studying alternate health and healing remedies. My mom was diagnosed with cancer back in 95 and since then has overcome it. Just a few days ago they found a “spot” on her lung again. She’s an aspiring raw foodist (I’ve been getting her and my dad into it) so I guess I’ve been forced to search out other methods. I have just seen what cancer can do to people you love and vowed to myself that I don’t want to EVER have that happen to me. So one of the books I will read next is Flood Your Body With Oxygen. Judging from this video it looks incredible! I’m really looking forward to learning more about it.





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